Published : 02-03-2022
Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) sheltered in displacement camps outside of UNRWA fields of operations are still deprived of their basic rights and enduring precarious legal and humanitarian conditions.
Nearly 12,000 Palestinian refugees in Turkey and 3,500 in Egypt have failed to obtain UNRWA protection cards over claims that they fall outside of the Agency’s operations map.
Similarly, some 50 PRS families who fled the war-torn country to Thailand continue to sound alarm bells over the deteriorating humanitarian condition endured in the kingdom. The refugees risk to be forcibly sent back to Syria or tossed into Thai detention centers for indefinite periods of time. The government also prohibited renting homes to the refugees, who have been considered as lawbreakers rather than asylum-seekers.
AGPS calls on UNRWA and host countries to provide Palestinian refugees outside of UNRWA fields of operations with physical, legal, and moral protection. Hundreds of displaced families continue to live in a state of perpetual fear and deep-seated trauma over detention and/or refoulement concerns.
Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) sheltered in displacement camps outside of UNRWA fields of operations are still deprived of their basic rights and enduring precarious legal and humanitarian conditions.
Nearly 12,000 Palestinian refugees in Turkey and 3,500 in Egypt have failed to obtain UNRWA protection cards over claims that they fall outside of the Agency’s operations map.
Similarly, some 50 PRS families who fled the war-torn country to Thailand continue to sound alarm bells over the deteriorating humanitarian condition endured in the kingdom. The refugees risk to be forcibly sent back to Syria or tossed into Thai detention centers for indefinite periods of time. The government also prohibited renting homes to the refugees, who have been considered as lawbreakers rather than asylum-seekers.
AGPS calls on UNRWA and host countries to provide Palestinian refugees outside of UNRWA fields of operations with physical, legal, and moral protection. Hundreds of displaced families continue to live in a state of perpetual fear and deep-seated trauma over detention and/or refoulement concerns.
